At 10:49 AM 1/23/98 -0800, Del wrote: >About 25 years ago, Ken Serviss (of the Piano Hospital, Vancouver, WA) pointed out to me that a good new piano had always >cost about the same as a new Cadillac. That's a good analogy... one people could get their hands on I would think. Since the majority of new grands seem to be Asian, would that make it about the same as an Infinity? A REALLY good new piano still costs less than a new Rolls Royce though, even if the Fazioli is in the Ferrari class. A fair to average new grand costs about the same as a Dodge Neon and for a great many people basic transportation is as good as a Caddy. Too bad they don't consider cheap pianos to be as disposable as they do cheap new cars. >Still does. The important difference between the two being that my neighbour across the street can't sell his very nice 30 year old Caddy for much above scrap while his 30 year old Steinway B will bring several times what he paid for it if he wanted to sell it. A lot of Cadillacs will have gone through his garage before he does. He can't drive up to a swanky restaurant, hand the valet the keys and ask him to park his Steinway for him though, even if he does keep a brass S&S key on his Cadillac key ring. B-}) Speaking of piano values, I hear the Alma Tadema Steinway just sold for more than a million dollars. I imagine the sky's the limit now. John John Musselwhite, RPT - Calgary, Alberta Canada musselj@cadvision.com - http://www.cadvision.com/musselj/
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